Forgiveness May Not Be All It’s Cracked Up to Be

Forgiveness May Not Be All It’s Cracked Up to Be

Some authors are just too kind to the monsters. Nebula and LOCUS award-winner P. Djèlí Clark certainly is in his latest novel, Ring Shout. Ring Shout reimagines the birth of the Ku Klux Klan as a Lovecraftian horror-story. In Clark’s alternate history, defeated...
A Little of the Ol’ Ultra-violence for the Evolved Man

A Little of the Ol’ Ultra-violence for the Evolved Man

This will be a review of Richard Kadrey’s newest Sandman Slim novel, Ballistic Kiss. I promise. But first, a personal story: A very good friend of mine recently confessed his addiction to reruns of the late 90s television hit, Felicity. The series was named by Time...
Three Reasons You’re Not the Impostor You Think You Are

Three Reasons You’re Not the Impostor You Think You Are

When I began my MFA program to become a better story teller and writer, the very first lesson was on Impostor Syndrome. I remember thinking, “What an odd way to start a Master’s program.” But, deep down inside, I did feel a little bit like an impostor. After I got the...